Buildings will house 180 students after they are finished in 2014

Construction is underway on two new dormitories at Champlain College in Vermont's largest city.

The two new buildings will house 180 students after they are finished in July 2014.

They will mark the completion of a dorm complex on a 4.7-acre tract that is part of a move toward Champlain's goal of housing 90 percent of its students on or near the campus.

The Burlington Free Press reports the college has also purchased two properties off campus with an eye to redeveloping them for student housing, although work on those buildings has not been scheduled.